Weather Records on 30 November 2008

855 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 November 2008. Highest significance: Wedgefield, US.

Key Facts for 30 November 2008

On 30 November 2008, 855 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
427 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 835 daily.
Wedgefield set a daily record precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 30 November 2008.
Across 158 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

855 stations

855 station records on 30 November 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 November 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wedgefield	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gilman	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Edgefield 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chenoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Melilla	Spain	Record daily precipitation	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tangier City	Morocco	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hazlehurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Old Delamere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	63.0 cm (24.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Calaveras Big Trees	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Twentynine Palms	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stampede Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yanakie (Shallow Inlet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guantanamo Bay NAS	Cuba	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto San Carlos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yeneka	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shasta Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Whiskeytown Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cloverdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kuri Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cabo San Lucas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown Harrisburg Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stampede Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huejucar (Obs)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hat Yai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mathews	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Gorge Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

855 records

Records set or tied on 30 November 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 227, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 200, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 217, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 30 November 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	227
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	200
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	217
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 30 November 2008 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 835.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

674 broken records

Margins by which the 674 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 November 2008

Top 20 records on 30 November 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 November 2008	Wedgefield, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 November 2008	Daly Waters, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	125 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 November 2008	Gilman, US	monthly snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	102 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2008	Louisville 1 E, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	94 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2008	Edgefield 3 NNE, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2008	Chenoa, US	monthly rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	5 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2008	Melilla, ES	daily rain	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2008	Saluda, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	106 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2008	Darlington, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	106 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2008	Little Mtn, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	111 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2008	Tangier City, MA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2008	Dublin, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2008	Hazlehurst, US	monthly rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	79 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2008	Springfield, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2008	Warrenton, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2008	Old Delamere, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2008	Daly Waters AWS, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2008	Duchesne, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2008	Drain, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	105 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2008	Marion, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1797 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2008. 2008 had 855 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-30 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1807	2
1815	2
1817	1
1821	1
1827	2
1836	1
1840	1
1846	1
1849	2
1866	1
1867	1
1871	2
1875	7
1876	2
1879	2
1881	1
1885	7
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	7
1896	5
1897	5
1898	1
1899	7
1900	4
1901	8
1902	7
1903	22
1904	6
1905	16
1906	21
1907	6
1908	51
1909	20
1910	22
1911	22
1912	19
1913	54
1914	68
1915	37
1916	64
1917	26
1918	32
1919	87
1920	138
1921	42
1922	46
1923	144
1924	95
1925	102
1926	84
1927	600
1928	187
1929	883
1930	185
1931	375
1932	372
1933	1,006
1934	1,282
1935	84
1936	186
1937	375
1938	165
1939	321
1940	330
1941	298
1942	218
1943	238
1944	422
1945	147
1946	343
1947	544
1948	332
1949	323
1950	382
1951	348
1952	829
1953	307
1954	470
1955	576
1956	304
1957	226
1958	676
1959	339
1960	219
1961	412
1962	802
1963	566
1964	1,042
1965	309
1966	730
1967	802
1968	516
1969	625
1970	995
1971	501
1972	414
1973	635
1974	912
1975	2,018
1976	1,789
1977	935
1978	761
1979	837
1980	697
1981	1,361
1982	1,142
1983	1,137
1984	571
1985	2,887
1986	798
1987	913
1988	686
1989	781
1990	483
1991	2,104
1992	676
1993	756
1994	762
1995	1,472
1996	1,054
1997	987
1998	2,289
1999	1,170
2000	962
2001	1,431
2002	862
2003	634
2004	1,344
2005	883
2006	2,656
2007	739
2008	855
2009	951
2010	1,915
2011	1,108
2012	1,059
2013	505
2014	822
2015	880
2016	634
2017	307
2018	493
2019	1,060
2020	323
2021	1,049
2022	559
2023	583
2024	672
2025	858

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Data for records on 2008-11-30: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	603
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	11
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1